captain was actually 42 years old
No, James Cook was not even born in 1449. Cook's first voyage set sail on 26 August 1768.
James Cook was born on 27 October 1728. He departed England on 25 August 1768, at the age of 39. He first sighted Australia's eastern coastline in April 1770. Therefore, he was 41 when he reached Australia.
All of Captain James Cook's voyages were completed before the First Fleet ever departed Portsmouth, England. Cook died eight years before the First Fleet set sail.
He first set sail when he was only 14 years old.
Captain James Cook did not travel on the First Fleet, which was a fleet transporting convicts to Australia in 1788. He set sail from England in 1768 on an expeditionary voyage, making his first landfall in Botany Bay, Australia in 1770.
Firstly, Cook did not discover Australia. See the related question.Secondly, James and Elizabeth Cook had three of their children before Cook set sail in 1768, and one more was born in 1768. The two later ones were conceived during his time at home in between his voyages.
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he was about 14 years old
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